Money Monster is a news show about the Wall Street numbers, one day Lee Gates (the presentator) keeps talking about IBIS bank and how great an investment is to put your money there. A short period after that show IBIS loses a large amount of money. One day a man who invested almost all his money in the IBIS bank (Kyle Budwell) takes the whole Money Monster crew hostage to get answers about the certain "glitch". First things first, I really enjoyed the acting in this movie. The characters were all very convincing and their own persons, so that was really great. I enjoyed the story as well, although it was a bit long which brought some unnecessary parts. Julia Roberts did a great job as Patty Fenn who is the director of the Money Monster show and really is just a very responsible, calm and smart woman. If it wasn’t for her I think a lot who have gone wrong once the hostage situation started. George Clooney who plays Lee Gates (the presentator of the show) was a very interesting character throughout the whole movie. He was the perfect show host and Wall Street guy combined, but in the ending he showed a very caring side which made him a more sort of true person, which I really enjoyed. Kyle Budwell was played by Jack O’Connell, an actor I personally really like seeing in movies. He really showed all Kyle his emotions, regrets and thoughts throughout everything. There were a lot of emotions involved with this character and Jack did really great. I also want to take my time to tell how much I enjoyed Lenny Venito his character Lenny and Emily Meade her character Molly (she had a very small part, but it was a very good part). And of course Caitriona Balfe as Diane Lester. I only know her as Claire in the Outlander series, so it was refreshing to see her in something like this. I enjoyed the movie, and would recommend it to people who like these sort of movies. It was a bit lengthy but it’s worth the watch. I had a hardtime choosing between 6 or 7 stars but I chose 6, I did enjoy it and it did keep me interested once the action started. (this was the first time i had a hard time writing a review without spoilers, wow, haha)

Not a single person in this movie behaved like a person would if such thing happened in real life.

I liked it and I don´t think it´s an unbelievable script. On the contrary I wonder why a thing like this hasn´t occurred already. Maybe the movie does exaggerate a bit, that is what movies do. But in general it paints a picture of how the money-world works and how, frightingly, in the end nobody really cares.

The promise of this movie is a classic hostage thriller, and I think it delivers. It actually doesn't feel like a 2016 movie I think, I don't mean this in a bad way, but it just feels like a classic 90s or 00s thriller movie (prob more in the good way) It is directed by Jodie Foster, who played in movies like Panic Room. While is not acting in this movie, I think the overall feeling is pretty similar. There might be some small logical holes, but overall, I pretty much enjoyed this. Rating: 8/10

Clooney and Julia Roberts both deliver value for money but after a stand-out first act satirizing Wall Street finance TV, the rest of the movie goes downhill, with predictable plot twists and a complete failure at the end to connect the dots and produce even the mildest of critiques of the overall financial system.